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The question asked at the National Action Network’s convention panel on immigration was what was the effect of immigration reform on African-Americans. Very straight forward. But as reported on Here and Now, the show that ABC puts on in the time slot where cultural educator Gil Noble reigned with Like it Is, the question...
The recent spate of federal prosecutions for political corruption may look racial because of the ethnicity of the defendants, but the real risk is an elected official’s circle of associates. Last week convicted former Queens State Senator Shirley Huntley was sentenced to one year and a day for the theft of $87,000 in member...
The FBI has sent an interrogation unit to question Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the 19-year-old that video shows apparently placing the second of two bombs that killed three people and injured at least 180 at the Boston Marathon. One of their goals is to find the “reason” for the bombing, they want to hear, “We did...
The FBI has sent an interrogation unit to question Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the 19-year-old that video shows apparently placing the second of two bombs that killed three people and injured at least 180 at the Boston Marathon. One of their goals is to find the “reason” for the bombing, they want to hear, “We did...
We were making a purchase at a corner store where the television was showing reports of the horrific bombing in Boston, and to my comment of how terrible it was, the owner, a Muslim from one of the Arab states, agreed, saying yes it was terrible. But I also heard a sad tone of...
There is a rage on the street that cannot be mitigated by appeals for calm or calls to increase the peace. We see it in multiple car windows being smashed on Lafayette Avenue, overhear it in telephone conversations of bus passengers and watch it on the streets of Flatbush. It is a rage rooted...
Secretaries play a pivotal role in the lives of those who run institutions. Tireless Administrative Assistants keep the files, the records, the history. They assist. They help. They aid. They offer skills beyond support: they counsel, they lead. They Protect. They are the first line of defense. They are the advisers, counselors. And their...
By Mary Alice Miller Former federal prosecutor Kenneth Thompson commenced his campaign for Brooklyn District Attorney with a series of intimate visits to local barber shops. Dressed in a casual jacket, open collar shirt and running shoes, Thompson’s unassuming manner captured the attention of barbers and patrons alike. Several barbers stopped cutting hair to...
The Rev. Deborah Finley-Jackson speaks long and compassionate about education and children. It is the reason we separated her cogent, insightful comments for Our Time Press — on the importance of educating ourselves and our children about our unique histories — into two parts. Last week in the March 7 Our Time Press, Dr....
The country has entered the era of the sequester, across-the-board budget cuts, because the Republicans refuse to raise taxes on the voters in their gerrymandered districts or the people who fund their campaigns. It is the politically drawn voting district, including voters most likely to vote for the party doing the drawing and that...
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